Sol Press Discussion Thread
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I'm happy to see another Visual Novel localizer but having read the complaints about their light novels I'm concerned about the translation quality.
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We got a new blog update. No LN news, just VN stuff:
https://solpress.co/blog/309/sol-press-weekly-roundup-08-06-2018
@eternal-wanderer said in New Challenger Approaches! Sol Press Shines Down with Two LN Licenses:
I'm happy to see another Visual Novel localizer but having read the complaints about their light novels I'm concerned about the translation quality.
Just as a counter, I know Justus thought their editing quality was decent for a new company in the scene. As opposed to how he thought Monster Girl Doctor's editing was possibly the worst he'd encountered. I believe Sam also said on Curiosity Cat that what he saw seemed fine.
J-Novel Club (@jnovelclub) Tweeted:
I know you won't go extensively into it since Sol Press is a competitor (is that the right word?), but have you checked out the... — I think their translations turned out fine. https://twitter.com/jnovelclub/status/992644850389602304?s=17I've noticed wrong words / missed words printed in Yen releases, and they're one of the ones that have been doing this LN translating game the longest. "I'm beginning understand why".
I'd be curious to see what they're doing poorly translation wise because I don't recall anything too egregious, but I was 1) listening to it, 2) don't have the JP title or JP reading knowledge to compare, and 3) may have been a bit too bored by some of the tedium of quarreling harem members in Divas and EBay reviews + potion concocting of Strongest Gamer to notice anything. T_T
.... On the other hand, exhibit B (this was from almost a year ago, and for a demo of a game yet to be released, but yeah).
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@terrence said in New Challenger Approaches! Sol Press Shines Down with Two LN Licenses:
I've noticed wrong words / missed words printed in Yen releases, and they're one of the ones that have been doing this LN translating game the longest. "I'm beginning understand why".
I'd be curious to see what they're doing poorly translation wise because I don't recall anything too egregious, but I was 1) listening to it, 2) don't have the JP title or JP reading knowledge to compare, and 3) may have been a bit too bored by some of the tedium of quarreling harem members in Divas and EBay reviews + potion concocting of Strongest Gamer to notice anything. T_TI do admit to some curiosity about why light novel translations seem to be so bad so often. Is there some inherent flaw in the common workflow that prevents editing passes from catching what seems like obvious errors?
In any case, the example I was thinking of in Strongest Gamer was late in the book (about 78%). The protagonist is being chased by a horseman, and runs towards a tall bush. He jumps "horizontally" at the last moment (getting a shallow wound in the process), before describing the bush as having "thorns as thick as the spearhead that had pierced me just now".
Except the text says "I'd gotten thrown into a bush with thorns as thick..." etc. This doesn't mesh with how the protagonist seems relatively fine for having jumped into such a dangerous place, and also how the horseman was suddenly described as "out of commission". And soon afterwards, the text says "The thorny bush shook slightly -- perhaps the horseman and the horse were on their last legs." Implying that the horseman plus horse were the ones who got thrown into the bush.
So the obvious conclusion is that the text is wrong, and the "I'd" should have been "He'd" (or "They'd").
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Maybe some new LN stuff inbound?
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@terrence Looks like. All of their VN trailers are just the Japanese trailer with the text translated, and only their LN trailers (all two of them) have voicing (I think?), so I expect this is them letting us know another LN license is on the way.
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They really shouldn’t license any more LNs until they can demonstrate that they can put out more than the first volume of a series.
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That's how I felt about Cross Inf for the longest time (some of that may have been a product of not understanding the Web Novel aspect to some of their licenses, that the stories weren't written yet necessarily).
I think more licenses is ok, as long as they put out the volume 2s alongside them. Otherwise, I'm there with you on that.
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Dunno what they've been up to with taking so long for any news on Vol 2 to come out for either of their current LNs (it's already been half a year…), but they've got announcements coming for next month, at least.
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Sol Press promising "exciting announcements" for this event.
https://twitter.com/SolPressUSA/status/1049363127635042305?s=20
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@terrence
Wow, 18-20 more days. Little bit of a letdown. Hopefully they have some LNs announcments, whether it be new licenses or vol 2 releases... -
Our translator here for Infinite Dendrogram and Sorcerous Stabber Orphen is working on a project for Sol Press.
DistantValhalla: Make sure to keep your eyes peeled at the end of the month! That's right, folks, it's time to work with yet another company. I'll be at Kumoricon with Sol Press finally unveiling another one of my projects! What could it be? What form of media might it be? Find out soon!
https://twitter.com/DistantValhalla/status/1049365718838509568?s=17
Hmm, Light Novel or Visual Novel... Or maybe they're starting their manga too (I think there's been a portal on their site since launch)? Hmmm.
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Sounds like visual novel and light novel focus in their main industry panel.
There is a late night 18+ panel as well. Unsure if they'll hold some stuff for that or no.
https://twitter.com/SolPressUSA/status/1054429036821274626?s=20
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If they announce new LN series before v2 of their existing series...
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@legitpancake @TUSF I think both of the LN Series they liscensed were one hit blunders that didn't make it. Weren't both of them tie in novels to VNs?
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No, Strongest Gamer had two volumes in Japan, Battle Divas had three.
I haven't read Battle Divas (and no way am I going to considering how badly they bungled Strongest Gamer), but it seems obvious that Strongest Gamer must have been canceled after the second volume because the first volume was definitely not setting up a two volume series.
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@guspaz said in New Challenger Approaches! Sol Press Shines Down with Two LN Licenses:
I haven't read Battle Divas...
Battle Divas definitely seems like it should be more than 3 volumes. They give the amount of Divas in volume 1, and I remember thinking they'd really have to squeeze some in and not develop some to have them all appear and the story wrapped by volume 3.
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Is there a way to tell between whether something has been cancelled or if the author just dropped it?
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I didn't realize that there were more than one volume for each, I just remember reading that Sam figured they picked the series they did since they were going to be less of a risk to translate since both series were cancelled already.
Guess I had assumed both were one shots.
